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Author: Bernard Whimpress Publisher: Crows Nest ISBN: 9781743317471 Category : Cricket Languages : en Pages : 64
Book Description
An entertaining array of pictures, anecdotes, player profiles, facsimiles and memorabilia to delight any fan. The Official Ashes Treasures is the perfect way to celebrate cricket's most fiercely contested series. From the late 19th century England and Australia have met twice every four years and, since 1882, the prize for the series winners has been a tiny urn, purportedly containing the ashes of a bail burned after England had lost at The Oval. As well as a running history of the series, special features are interspersed, highlighting some of the legends from each team, the controversies and the media. And, unique to the Treasures series, there are 30 items of facsimile cricket memorabilia from the past 120 years to pick up and hold.
Author: Bernard Whimpress Publisher: ISBN: 9780733325007 Category : Cricket players Languages : en Pages : 62
Book Description
Nothing comes close to matching the excitement and emotion of an Australia versus England Test match series. THE ASHES TREASURES presents a lively and interactive journey through this famous contest, covering each series. Containing features on the venues, the characters, the media and how the tours evolved, THE ASHES TREASURES is a glorious keep-sake, a reminder of the greatest rivalry in the world of cricket and one of the most intense in the sporting world.
Author: Louise Lightfoot Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing ISBN: 1443835986 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 245
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Australian genre fiction writers have successfully exploited the Australian landscape and peoples and as a result their books are today “sold by the millions” across boundaries. They have created stories that are imaginative, visionary, and diverse. They appeal to local and international readerships and, most importantly, are thoroughly entertaining, thus making them a strong presence in the popular fiction bazaar. Sold by the Millions: Australia’s Bestsellers is the first collection to concentrate on Australia’s best-selling material that forms the armchair reading of many Australians. Leading experts of popular fiction provide introspective pieces on Romance, Horror, Crime, Science Fiction, Western, Comics, Travel, Sports and Children’s writing so that a wholesome picture emerges of the wide range of reading and research options available for scholars.
Author: Nigel McCrery Publisher: Casemate Publishers ISBN: 1526706970 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 596
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The outbreak of the Second World War came towards the closing stages of the 1939 cricket season. Hitler permitted us almost to complete an exceptionally interesting season, Sir Home Gordon, wrote in the Cricketer magazine, When shall we see the stumps pitched again?As the West Indies touring team canceled their last five matches and sailed home before the U-boat threat developed, the treasures at Lords, including the Ashes, were sent to a secret location for safekeeping. The Marylebone Cricket Club cancelled its tour to India - England played under the MCC banner then.During the ensuing conflict twelve test cricketers (five English, two South Africans, one Australian and one New Zealander) perished together with 130 first class players. In this superbly researched sequel to Final Wicket, covering cricketing fatalities during The Great War, this book reveals each mans career details, including cricketing statistics, and the circumstances of death. There is also a brief history of the game during the War. Arguably the period between the two world wars was the golden age of cricket, and this book honors those who made it so only to die serving their countries in a different way.
Author: Bernard Whimpress
Author: Bernard Whimpress
Author: Bernard Whimpress
Author: Bernard Whimpress
Author: Bernard Whimpress
Author: Louise Lightfoot
Author: Bernard Whimpress
Author: John Julius Norwich
Author: John Lang
Author: Nigel McCrery
Author: John Buchan